Recent content by GopherJake

Reactionary much? I highly doubt this rumor is credible.

Meh? Can he win a faceoff?

Aha. Thank you.

Taylor Fritz is currently ranked #4 at age 27. Ben Shelton is ranked #6 at age 22. If either were a player in any team sport (e.g., NFL, MLB, NHL, NBA), you would be calling them elite. Or are there only 3 or less elite players in each of those sports?

Is there anything prohibiting a significant rise in pay in years 4-8, if they were to want to sign him long term? Stay below the cap until it rises. Same $$ (maybe have to do time-value of money calculation), but spread out to the advantage of the team. Why couldn't they offer him that and...

Kilby is on Barriero about once a month. You can podcast episodes he's in. He's a massive T-Wolves fan and he and Barriero get along quite well. Always a fun segment. He's even been in studio. Kilby is also doing some podcast thing of his own that I haven't yet checked out. Might not be...

It was 2-2. But yep.

I don’t know about that. I would never count him out until it’s over. Dude has a POWERFUL game.

Just caught Nur-D at the Taste of MN. That's a pretty lively show. They are playing several local shows upcoming, including the Fillmore, Hewing Rooftop and Franconia Sculpture Park https://nurdrocks.com/home "Nur-D’s infectious energy and joy shine through, where sharp lyricism, humor, and...

Definitely the MVP, if Florida wins, I agree.

“MoJo”? Haven’t heard that one. Johansson had a decent season and is taking a $1.2 MM pay cut. He will turn 35 in October. Feels like a good deal for the Wild, if he can stay healthy. By comparison, he earned $9MM in 19-20 + 20-21 for Buffalo. Wild probably overpaid in 23-24 for 2 years x $2MM.

Kaprizov - and nobody else on the Wild, for that matter - got “run into the ground”. Our top players were not overused. Double shifting Kaprizov (and Boldy tonight) wasn’t dumb. It was smart. Very smart. I seriously question if anyone watching closely and saying these dumb-assed things ever...

I think there’s a chance we are up 3-1 right now without the Buium experiment. I’m confident he will be a great player. And I understand using him. But not on PP1. Sparingly. And I would have played Chisholm or Merril in front of him after game 1.

https://www.minnesotasportsfan.com/minnesota-wild/injury-updates-playoffs-eriksson-ek-johansson-game-five-lines-marco-rossi-zeev-buium/ According to this, Rossi still buried on the 4th line. Buium potentially a Game 5 healthy scratch - Merrill was at 3-D today with Bogo. E-Ek taking a...

Dang. Seems like a very good dude. Guessing he will be on-air quite a big still.